Big River Grille Rocket Red Ale

Brewed by Big River Grille & Brewing Works Chattanooga (Gordon Biersch)
Style: Amber Ale
Chattanooga, Tennessee USA

On tap at Disney’s Boardwalk. Pours dark red with a thick off white head. Hop grapefruit, pine, and malt aroma. Nice balance of the malt and hops in the taste. Finishes with a nice hop bitterness.

Pint on tap at Seven Bridges Brewpub, Jacksonville. Red-amber beer with a nice creamy head. Flavor is intense caramel malts and cascade hops. A decent, drinkable brewpub ale, but nothing really remarkable. Good enough to drink more than one.

Draft. Dark copper color with a medium off white head. Sweet, hoppy aroma. Big hop flavor all the way through. Slight citrus notes. C

Good lookin beer if that really maters. Not bad, a little better than your average amber ale.

Date: August 24, 1996
Source: Brewfest, Chattanooga
Appearance: good head and thin lace
Aroma: aroma of crystal sweetness with light finishing hops
Body: good body
Flavor: lots of malt flavor with matching bitterness that lasts through the finish

Aroma: 5/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 5/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 10/20
Rating: 2.7/5.0
Score: *4

Name: Rocket Red
Date: July 24, 1997
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewpub
Appearance: redish amber
Aroma: light sweet malt aroma
Flavor: sweet malt flavor with a nice toasted carmel touch, just a hint of bitterness

Name: Rocket Red
Date: July 24, 1997
Mode: firkin
Score: i
Appearance: deep redish amber, frothy head
Aroma: strange hoppy aroma
Flavor: slightly oxidized hop flavor, bitter finish

Name: Rocket Red
Date: February 14, 2006
Appearance: clear red, big solid beige head, lots of lace
Aroma: light aroma but finally some sweet carmel and biscuit emerges midway through the secont pint
Flavor: big hop flavor of a great carmel, toasted and biscuit malt flavor, nice light bitter finish, a great hoppy viennia

Aroma: 5/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 13/20
Rating: 3.2/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: **4

Brewery: Big River
Date: November 08, 2008
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewpub
Appearance: clear amber, fine beige head, solid lace
Aroma: sweet caramel malt aroma, lots of citrus, candy caramel
Flavor: rich malt flavor, lots of

Enjoyed at the brewery, draft. This is a good looking beer. Nice and clear with copper color and a thick head. The aroma is a bit biscuit like with yeasty notes and just a hint of pine. The flavor is nothing I’d care to have again. Biscuit and grain flavors with spicy nutty bitter hops. Again, as in the aroma, a hint of pine. Unfortunately the flavors do not blend well IMO. Medium dry body.

Sampler at the Nashville location - Poured a very attractive ruby red in color with a medium whitish head. Aroma was medium of grassy hops. Flavor was nicely hoppy and medium bitter. Finish was short, clean and medium bitter. I like it... the best beer at the brewpub.

On tap at the Walt Disney World Boardwalk location. Pours a dark amber color with a nice white head on top. Aroma is full of malt with hints of hops and caramel coming in. Flavor is full of caramel with hops coming in to make the beer not overly sweet. The 2nd best beer out the short sampling I had. I love the Honey Dijion Chicken Sandwich at this place though!